| Title |
Vico E. Henriques, an interview by Daniel McCool, November 9, 2004: Saving the legacy tape no. 729 |
| Alternative Title |
Vico Henriques, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Henriques, Vico E., 1930- |
| Contributor |
McCool, Daniel, 1950- ; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2004-09-09 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Korea |
| Subject |
Henriques, Vico E., 1930- --Interviews; Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography |
| Keywords |
Utah National Guard |
| Description |
Transcript (86 pages) of an interview by Daniel McCool with Vico Henriques in Arlington, Virginia, on November 9, 2004. This is from tape number 729 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Henriques (b. 1930) joined the National Guard in 1947. He had been in the State Guard during World War II. In 1950 he was on a survey crew working for the Bureau of Land Management at thd Dugway Proving Grounds when a man came out and told him that he had been ordered to active duty because war had broken out in Korea. According to Henriques, 80% of the Utah Guard was called up on the first day of the Korean War. He recalls being processed and sent to Japan, then Korea. He was immediately transferred to the 1343rd Engineer Combat Battalion (Alabama National Guard)and put into an intelligence and reconnaissance platoon. He talks about being a Sergeant Major and what that means in the military, being promoted to 2nd lieutenant, and about army life in combat. Other topics covered include leadership in combat, the CIA, being a primate caretaker for the National Zoo, political advice from J.D. Williams, hunting game in Korea, adjusting to civilian life after the military, leading the "enemy" unit in field maneuvers, and receiving the Bronze Star. 86 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
86 pages |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Scanning Technician |
Mazi Rakhsha |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro X for CONTENTdm display |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s61r8ps1 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; Korean War (1950-1953) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020499 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61r8ps1 |
| Title |
Page 9 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020418 |
| OCR Text |
Show VI 0 . ENRIQUE ,2 water supply points and fords, and things like that. DAN: The perfect job. VIC: Yes, for somebody that didn't know anything about it. My platoon and I spent the next-this was-1 got there and finally got settled in in late August, early September of 1951. And for the next about four or five months we were repositioned frequently-sometimes ahead, sometimes back. We were responsible for walking the signal lines, the telephone lines, that the Signal Corps people had put down to protect them while they walked the line, and to de-arm any mines or booby traps of which there were lots. We helped to clear minefields that had been left in haste by US units on the retreats that we made. It was a very fluid situation for the first few months. And then we were assigned to go out and pick up prisoners-go out and snatch people, basically-kidnap North. Korean and Chinese soldiers and bring them back for interrogation. It was a basically nerve racking, intense, period. When I was called up in June of 1950 I was a child of WWII and trained diligently in the arts of being a soldier (infantryman). As mentioned during the interview I was converted from Artillery to Engineer due to then current requirements during my travel from the US to Korea. I experienced a fire fight within two days of arriving in Korea on the train ride from Pusan Replacement Depot to the railhead at Ch'unch'on where I was to be trucked to my new unit. It was a brief, but furious, exchange of fire between some enemy snipers and the passengers on the train (in the middle of the night). It brought home instantly that this was no longer training, but real combat. Luckily, none of us were injured, and I doubt that we did any damage 7 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61r8ps1/1020418 |
